scrine Meaning, Definition & Usage

Scrine noun
Etymology
L. scrinium a case for books, letters, etc.: cf. OF. escrin, F. écrin. See Shrine.
Definitions
  1. A chest, bookcase, or other place, where writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine. Obs.
    But laid them up in immortial scrine. Spenser.
Scrine intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Cringe.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Scringed ; present participle & verbal noun Scringing
Definitions
  1. To cringe. Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.

Webster 1913